Urgently fix the landslide incident of Thinh Long sea dike

(Chinhphu.vn) - At noon on September 29, after the meeting of the Forward Steering Committee to respond to storm No. 10, at the Military Region 4 Command (Nghe An), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha directly inspected the work to overcome the landslide incident, which threatened the safety of the Thinh Long sea dike (Hai Ninh commune, Ninh Binh).

According to the on-site report, from 4pm yesterday (September 28), the work of reinforcing the points at risk of landslides on the Thinh Long sea dike was deployed and completed at 9:30pm the same day, the temporary reinforcement was completed. However, due to big waves and strong winds, this morning (September 29), the foot of the dike continued to collapse with a length of about 75m. In this situation, all people in the dangerous area were evacuated.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha directly inspected the work to overcome the landslide incident that threatened the safety of the Thinh Long sea dike (Hai Ninh commune, Ninh Binh ) - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

The Ninh Binh Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention held an urgent meeting in Hai Ninh commune, directing the mobilization of equipment (including 30 trucks and 15 cranes) and sand, rock, concrete from many businesses...; mobilizing about 500 military and police officers and soldiers to continue handling the incident.

The Ninh Binh Province Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Command mobilized equipment, sand, rocks, and concrete from many businesses...; and mobilized about 500 military and police officers and soldiers to continue handling the incident - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

It is expected that the basic repair work will be completed by the night of September 29. At the same time, the province is also preparing a backup plan such as building sand dikes to contain the damage and reduce the impact on Hai Ninh and Hai Hoa communes.

The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized the need to calculate long-term solutions to ensure sustainable safety for the dike. Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

At the scene, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha acknowledged that Ninh Binh province had urgently deployed incident response work, but emphasized the need to calculate long-term solutions to ensure sustainable safety for the dike.

The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to coordinate and support Ninh Binh province to carefully review and evaluate the cause of landslides, based on marine dynamics, to avoid the situation of reinforcing on weak ground, which is prone to landslides again when there are big storms.

Deputy Prime Minister encouraged officers and soldiers present at the scene - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

Encouraging the officers and soldiers present at the scene, the Deputy Prime Minister also reminded the locality to stay calm and correctly assess the situation after storm No. 10 has weakened and the tide has decreased, in order to focus on calculating long-term design solutions. Relevant agencies urgently develop plans and implement emergency projects to ensure the sustainability and safety of the dike.

The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that the project needs to be designed comprehensively and synchronously to avoid the situation of some areas being strong and others being weak - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

Providing more information at the scene, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep said that the Ministry is implementing the project to consolidate, complete and handle landslides in some northern provinces at Con Tron sea dike, close to Thinh Long sea dike, which has initially shown effectiveness. The current weak section of Thinh Long sea dike is expected to be thoroughly handled in the 2026 period, with synchronous solutions.

The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that the project needs to be designed comprehensively and synchronously to avoid the situation of having some areas strong and some weak.

Minh Khoi

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/khan-truong-khac-phuc-xong-su-co-sat-lo-de-bien-thinh-long-102250929152004684.htm